Sunday, August 31, 2014

FALLING FOR T.V. Fall 2014 Must Watch List

While
there are certainly a few shows I’m excited about this fall, a few of them seem like imitations
of themselves. Debra Messing plays a NYPD homicide detective who juggles her
duties at work with a messy family life. Tea Leoni balances achieving world
peace as the Secretary of State with handling her duties at home as a mother.
Katherine Heigl splits her time between her work for the CIA and
solving a murder mystery with a personal agenda. Kate Walsh plays a criminal court judge
who must balance….well, you get the idea. However, there are also some noteworthy
offerings on television this fall. Below are seven highlights from the new fall
season that will ensure you don’t waste precious DVR space.

UTOPIA

Premieres: Sunday, September 7 at
8/7c on Fox

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3fu7j02MksI
haven’t come across too many unique concepts for reality shows in recent years,
but this one definitely changes things up a bit. 15 contestants spend one whole
year in semi-isolation together in the wilderness with the goal of building a
new society with their own set of rules. Issues of religion and politics are
sure to come up, along with why anyone would sign up for this show. I’m totally
watching.

BLACK-ISH

Premieres: Wednesday, September 24
at 9/8c on ABC

http://abc.go.com/shows/blackishAnthony
Anderson created and stars in this sitcom about a father of four who feels his
children lack a strong racial identity. For example, his son Andre wants to go
by the name Andy, wants to play field hockey, and
requests for his parents to throw him a bar-mitzvah. Laurence Fishburne plays
the grandfather. Black-ish will
follow Modern Family on Wednesday
night. Seems like a funny way to spend an hour.

HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER

Premieres: Thursday, September 25
at 10/9c on ABC

http://abc.go.com/shows/how-to-get-away-with-murderYet
another sudsy show from Shonda “I own Thursday night” Rhimes. This legal
thriller is headed by Viola Davis, which ensures some built-in classiness. Davis
plays a law school professor whose students get tangled up in real life murder
plot outside of the classroom. Admittedly, I stopped watching Grey’s Anatomy years ago, and I am one
of the few out there who has never seen even one episode of Scandal, but I did watch another Shonda Rhimes show religiously which will
remain nameless for the sake of you taking any of my television recommendations seriously.

The
Mother is alive! Cristin Milioti is given a second chance at love, this time
with Ben Feldman. The romantic comedy will chronicle the ups and downs of their
relationship from start to finish. The last time we saw Ben Feldman he was
cutting off a nipple on Mad Men, but
I still think that decision makes more sense than having Ted Mosby end up with
Robin, so maybe Cristin Milioti finally has a real shot at a happy ending.

THE AFFAIR

Premieres: Sunday, October 12at
10/9c on Showtime

http://www.sho.com/sho/the-affair/homeThe Affair delves
into the messy consequences of marital infidelity from both the male and female
perspectives. The show stars Dominic West, Ruth Wilson, Maura Tierney and
Joshua Jackson. I may watch just to find out why anyone in their right mind
would ever cheat on the adorable Joshua Jackson.

While
poor Pacey is becoming a cuckold on The Affair,
Ryan Atwood (aka Benjamin McKensie) gets to play Jim Gordon, Gotham City’s police commissioner. Gordon’s
life becomes more complicated when he begins to investigate the murder of Bruce
Wayne’s (David Mazouz) parents. Gotham is
going to focus not only on Jim Gordon, but also on the origin stories of the
Penguin, Catwoman, Poison Ivy and the Riddler.

If
you miss Happy Endings as much as I
do, get excited for this new romantic comedy from writer David Caspe which stars Casey Wilson and Ken Marino as a couple whose relationship is such a
mess that they can’t even get the marriage proposal right. From watching the
preview, I feel like this is just Wilson playing Penny in a new sitcom, which is just
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